stretch of the imagination

“It’s not a bad thing by any stretch of the imagination,” Phillips O’Brien, a professor of strategic studies at the University of St. Andrews, in Scotland, wrote on his Substack.

However, it does not take a stretch of the imagination to assume such a poor start to the Premier League season will come high on the agenda for discussion when United's top brass meet next.

I do feel very connected to Mel in that way, where the show is not by any stretch of the imagination a near death experience, but it is the death of a lack of self-confidence.

"There will be some pensioners this year who aren't eligible for pensioners tax credit, but who are not well off by any stretch of the imagination," he said.

This was not Villa's finest display by any stretch of the imagination but they dug deep to stay alive in the tie when 2-0 down before Cash provided a late lifeline.